Chapter 17.5

‘Sure.’ Cale grabbed one of the items in the box. It was a round, black orb with a lot of symbols engraved on it. The red kitten Hong put his paws on Cale’s knee to ask. “Really curious about this.” “A Mana Disturbance Tool. It is worth almost a billion gallon.” Gasp. Both On and Hong let out a gasp. “It cost 20 million gallons just to rent it.” Hong slowly lowered the paws that were on Cale’s knee, before going toward the corner of the bed with his sister, On. They were trying to keep as much distance as possible from the black orb. Cale recalled the information about the orb. Billos had found exactly the item Cale was looking for. ‘It causes a disturbance in the flow of mana within a certain range, making all magic tools stop working. It is also sturdy enough that, even if something like a mountain blowing up happens, it will not break.’ ‘Something like a surveillance tool will break right away then?’ ‘Of course. However, you do need to install this 27 hours in advance. It is created to slowly infuse a force that will disrupt the mana flow so that it will not be noticed by mages.’ ‘How long will it last?’ ‘40 minutes. Isn’t it great? Of course, if there are mages nearby, they will be able to resolve the issue within 5 - 10 minutes.’ ‘I will keep that in mind.’ The corner of Cale’s lips started to go up. It was the most expensive item he rented from Billos, but he will have many uses for it on this trip. ‘I really like how durable it is.’ The Flynn Merchant Guild was a very useful place. Cale smiled with satisfaction, before throwing this black orb, that was smaller than the size of a toddler’s fist, toward the kittens crouching in the corner. “Huk!” Meeeow! One of them gasped, while the other meowed and avoided the black orb, but in the end, they had to sit quietly in front of Cale with the black orb in front of their eyes. “You know how to read a map right?” On tapped her tail on the ground in response. “Of course. We were potential successors to the Fog Cat Tribe at one point.” “Right. My sister is right.” Cale took out another important item, a map, from the box. It wasn’t very detailed, just having the general landmarks around the Henituse territory. Most of the merchants going to and from the Henituse territory used this map. “We are in this village right now.” Cale pointed to the mountain to the right of the village. “You see this mountain?” “I see it.” “Very easy to see.” This was what Billos had said. ‘Ah. The range is similar to the durability.’ One mountain. “If you go toward this mountain, you will see a villa in the distance. Behind that is a cave.” There were no mages around the Black Dragon right now. The people of the Magic Tower respected Dragons as the greatest magic race, and did not wish for humans to torture and domesticate a dragon. They considered it to be a big disgrace to magic. The people around the cave and the villa were knights and soldiers that the Marquis trusted, as well as the people who do the dirty work for them. “Don’t go near there at all. You cannot get caught.” Cale had heard about these two children’s situation. That was why he was confident they could do this, but he still wanted to give them a warning. It would be bad if their curiosity led them to go around the cave. “There is something being tortured in there. We’re going to rescue him, so you have to be careful.” “Something?” “Yes. It is even younger than you, Hong.” “...Even younger than me?” “Yes. 4 years old.” Of course, that 4 year old was strong enough to send On or Hong flying once the mana restriction chains were removed. “We’re going to save him?” On and Hong’s eyes lit up as they pressed down on the bed with their paws. “Save? Sure. Just stay in your cat form and go bury this orb in the mountain without getting caught.” There should be close to no chance of getting caught in their cat forms. Cale put the black orb in a small pouch, before putting it over On’s neck like a necklace. “Where should we bury it?” “Anywhere on the mountain.” “Really, anywhere?” “Yes.” The siblings looked at each other before nodding their heads. “Easy.” “We even managed to get past our Cat Tribe’s elders to escape.” Cale agreed with them. “It should be easy for the two of you. You two have enough skill for it. I wouldn’t ask someone useless to do something like this in the first place.” The two kittens looked up at Cale with their golden pupils again. This pair of siblings, who were almost killed by their own tribe for not having abilities, even though they never got a chance to learn, were starting to get emotional. Their tails were wagging, and they crunched their noses to hold back their tears. Cale understood what these two were thinking and sternly continued. “I will give you as much beef as you want once you successfully return.” The two siblings immediately jumped through the window and stealthily headed into the mountain. Naturally, the siblings did as Cale expected and earned their reward. They were able to have a 10-tier beef steak to themselves. The next day, Cale drank the lemonade that he had now gotten used to drinking, and asked Choi Han. “Have you ever seen a dragon?”